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THE Gat:A r E (W MANSFIELD. The followin truly admirable Speech *as de.., livered by this venerable Oracle of the IfAw, ou an application for the reversal of the _Outt..vit'Y in the Case of Mr. WlL*.es. It was Most p.m tably published At the period in question, but it may %veil he revived in these times, not oblitis Abe productiott of a t4Teust titan, uu-hb would have 'done to any age, butt as tin exhortation t JUDGPS to he firm in their decisions, to JuttlEN to discharge their duty with unbiassed integrity; and TO l'Eopmt to he obedient to the -Lars and 'Constitution of their Colintry " I have now gone through the several errors assigned by the defendant; and which htfve been ingeniously argued, and confidently relied on, by his Counsel at the Bar : I have given my semi news upon them, and if, upon the whole, after the closest attention to what has been said, and with the strongest inclination in favour of the defendant, no arguments which have been urged, to cases which have been cited, no reasons that occur to me, are snfficient to Satisfy me, in my con science avid judgment, that this outlawry 8 1,„„hi he reversed, lam bound to atlitm it. And here let me make a pause, " Many arguments have been suggested, both in 'and riot of Court, upon the, ronsequtfuces or estahlittring this outlawry, either as they maYarfeet the defendant as an individual, or the public in general As to the first,. whatever they may be, the defendant has brought them upon himself; they are inevitable consequences of law arising from his own act ; if the penalty to which he is th, , eeby subjected is more than a punishment adeqiiate to the crime he has committed, he Should not have brought himself into this unfortunate predicament, by,flying frunr the justice ,of his country thought proper to do sti, an:l he must 'taste the ' fruits of his conduct, howevee bitter and unpalat able they may be; and although we may be hear , tily sorry for.any person wild has brought biniselt into this situation, it is not in our power,. God forbid it ever should he in- our power, to deliver bin] from it ; we cannot prevent t he . ju,dgment of the law by .creating•irregularities in Ole-proceed ings ; we eptint prevent the consequences of that judgment by pardoning the crime ; if the defend ; ant has any pretensions tuercy,. those pre-ten sions must he urged, and that power excited, in another place, where the Constitution has wisely and necessarily vested it., " The Crown will judge foe itself; it does not belong to us to iotertere with punishment, we have only to declare the taw ; none of us had any concern in the'prosecution of this: busitiess , , tine any wishes : upon the event of it was not our fat,lt that the defendant was prosecuted for the libels for which he has been convicted ; I took itce Share in another place' in :the measlircs .ohich were taken to roseettieliirn‘ifor one of them ; it was tih.t our fa•lt that he fled; it was Ilbt our fault that he w;:s outlawed ; it was not tiur'fattlt that he surrendered himself tip to lust ice ; tome of us revived the prosecution against bila,.tior ' 'cod(' any of us stop that pmseention wbe-n it -Wi4i revived I it is not our fault that there r art not any errors titiou the record, nor is it in .our power to 'create any if there . ate none ; we are lconint by folir olth, and in our consciences, to give such a J'itrclgtnent' as the law will warrant, nud as onr reason can 'approve; such judgment as we must srand or t4ll by; in• the oiril4ion of .th-e presei;t times, and of posterity; in tioing it.theretare we `!host have regard to our rept'? Ation as honest men, and men of -skill 'and knowledge competent to the 'stations we hold; no considerations whatever thotild atislead us froth this great °Neer, to which 'we ever ought, and, I trust, ever 'shill -direct orur attention. But consequences of a F►ublic nature, 'reison's'of state, political ones, hare been strongly j urg'ell- (private anonymous , letters sent to the I -shall pass over), open avowed publications, xs.ll . ich . • have been ju►iicially noticed, and 'play therefore be mentioned, have endeavoured to in- er.e or intimidate . the Court, and so prevail upon us to trifle and prevaricate with God, our concienres, and the public. It has been 'mated, that eorts'equences'• of a frightful nature will flow from the establishment of this outlawry; 'it the people expect the reversal, that the teirtrer of the times demands it, that the multitude t~ ill hAte it so, that the eontinna;ion of the out - laWry - in fUll force will not he endured, the execu. tion'of' the !aw utmti the defendant wilVbe,resist ed ; these are arguments which will not wei g h feather with me. if insurrection and rebellion are -to follow our determination, we. have not to answer for the consequences, though we should he - the innocent cense—we can only say, Filltjastitia • ruat - mittin ;. we !hall discharge our duty', without exp c iations of approbation, or the apprehension's of censure if we are subjected to the• latter un, justly, we'must submit lair ; we cannot prevent it ; we will take care not to deserve it.' Ile trrnst he a weak Man indeed,' wbo can be Staggered by such a consideraiion. The misapprehenSiou or the lni3re preientation of the ignorant or the wicktd, the mendat: infanta,' which is t lac consequence .of both, • are equally indifferent to, unlvor thy the attention 'of, and incapable of Making any tinpression on., men of firmness and intrepidity. Those who iinagine Judges are capable of being' influenced ' by such unworthy, indirect means,•most grossly deceive theMSelves ; and for my own part, I trust that my temper, - and the colour and conduct! of my life, clothed me with a 'Snit of -armour to shield pit; hum such arrows. If I have CITE supported the icing's measures, if I' have ever afforded any assistance to Oovernment, if 1 have discharged my (WI," Ai . 8 public . or Trrietfte character, by endi2a vonying to preserve pare and. perfect the principles of the Constitution, maintaining unsullied the ho ' stony of the • Courts o'f Justice, and by an upright administration of, to give a due effect to-, the la Ws, I have hitherto done it without any other gift or reward, than that most pleasing and ho-' Pourable one, the conscientious convietiott of doing what WAS right. I do not a ffect to scorn the' opinion of mankind; I wish earnestly for po . pularity ; hut I will tell yon_how I will obtain it, —I will have that. popularity which follows, and ~not that which is Jun after. It is not the ap o.t it pot 1tti77713:n that can give ft IlliMlent ' S Sat kfZIVII , YII in 14 fa tiopat bi ing ; that man's mind must indeed be a u'eak one, and his ambition of . a inost depraved ; sort, who can bo 'captivated by such wretched al-, lurements, or satisfied with such Inomentary gra. tifirations. Vsay with the Roma!) Orator, and can say it with as lintel' trurh as he did, " P,g hoc uni,w; fui; rirtute partam,. gloriunt non infinnium, putmen" the threats have been carried further ; personal violence has been denounced, unless public humour be com plied With. Ido not fear such threats ; IdO not believe there ;.s any reason to fear them. It is the /genius of the ATorst of men, in the s,,rst of times, to proceed to such shocking extremities. But, if such tin event should irippen, let it be so, even.'. sash ati event might be productive of wholesome eff ee t A.; such astroke might rouse the better part, of the nation from their lethargic condition t o a . state of activity, to assert and 'execute the law, andputtish the daring and impious hands that had, violated it ; and tbose who now supinely behold the danger which threatens all liberty, from the most aliandOned licentiousness, might, by such an event, be awakened to a sense of their situa tion, as drunken men are sometimes stunned into sobriety. If tbe.security of our per ohs and our property, of all we hold dear and valuable, are to depend upon the captive of a giddy mithitnde, or be at the disposal of a giddy mob ; if, in pow-, pliance with the humours, and to appease the clamours of those, all civil and politicai instittt-, lions are to be aisregarded or overthrown,--a life somewhat•more than sixty is not worth preserv ing at such a price ; and be can never die too , soon, who lays down his life in support and vitt-, (Hendon of the Policy, the Government, and the Cdnstitution of his Country.— LAW IN fELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 22'. PRIVILEGS OF SPEECH AT THE BAR. noDG , som, Gen€ v. ScARLETT, Esq. This. was.an action brought by the plaintiff, an Attorney, to recover from. the defendfint, an mi. pent King's Counsel, rf comnensajon in damages, for certain slanderous and malicious words, alleged to have been spoken by him, in the course of a trial, in tvhich the plaintiff acted as Attorney for one Of the parties.. The cause was tried !mime Mr. Baron Wool>, at the late Yolk Assizes, when the plain tiff was non-suited. The deelara , ion eo ns ir e d .o f two counts. In the first, the defendant was, al leged to have said- 7 " Some actions ere founded iu folly, some in knavery, and s o me i 4 b o th, s ome in the folly of the Attorney—and some in the folly and knavery of plaintiff. Mr. Peter.liolgson was the A. trolley for the, parries. He,drew a pro missory note trandulenily, and got Mr Bratimau to pay, into his hands,lsol. for the benefit of the plaintiff, which be. retained. It was one of the most fraudulent things I ever recollect au Attar ncp have committed.," In the second count, it was merely charged that the .delemiant it l said, 44 Tet e r Hodgson is a fraudulent and snicked A - ,tornev." In the course of the last Term, Mr. Raine inaved for, and obtained, a Rule Nisi for a new trial.- Mr. TOPPING and Mr. I-113t-LocK were this day beard against it. They contended, that the words complained of being pertitietit 1.0 thecase-!--heing by no meaos extra. rir4t-2-1)1a !sting clearly. called tar by the evidence addueeti in Court, could not 'he made the subject of action. Au support of this doet title, they cited mit , tiy cases, in which it had tit'en held, that words used Cattosel, — in the coarse of 'a legal investi'gatlon, if pertinent,to the matter in dispute, could not be visited by an ac tion, since it was to he presumed that Counsel used. theta for the benefit of the client, and not with a malicious intention. . Mr, RatNE and Mr. RICH A R SOt., in support of the rule, 4 rgned, that some hoi-nlar y ought to be set to the observations of Counsel. Undoubtedly, s cons:derable lati tide ought to be afforded to them, but it was their, ditty to .aiake a discreet use, of it, and not to exercise their power for the pm . - verse of wantonly destroying character and reputa tion. was necessary, if Lord ELLErts,oanuqn . sa . d, i t a ;person ‘vished, to, fill a situation in arty indi vidual's service, that he should give a4qcrence, as to eltaraeser—end what pass e d, in ; the fair in tercourse between the'persoo referred to, .and th e person about to engage the servant, hot e n vei ' disadvantageous it might be to him whose character, was the subject of inquiry, could not lee . made the subject .of action, if it were well-founded. But, it the statement made were untrue, it it were known to the party utter ng. it to be , untrue, and it appeared to .hare been unnecessarily iptro •duced, then certainly an ,aetion could be sea.. twined.• The , case was, similar with respect, to a Counsel who conducted, in Court, the ness of those,who could opt e : -rey on Ihcir own cause-. , He received ,iiiforma,tioo—fortr: Hpse . .who employed hind,, and : that ,infortnatinn, .he used consisteutly with the nature of pase ~,b e :had. to, suite or to , tielend. , 11, in the . course s.f his,proceeditig, teade, use of his, informa tion, bona - .l l t:theaancc of,• the caus,y—it he did notizittg exteer,uiron—if •he ietroduced only waspectinent—an action eo4d . not be 'Maintaitied against hint fur , words spoken under tat se circumstances. They were then to look to. this particular case,-.ood, to inquire, whether the words uttered by I\lr, Scarlett bore, on the facts of the case s and whether he had sufficient reason for using them. It appeared that‘the present plaintiff tviis not only.the At trey iu the original cause, lint ' that he knew'of .the coucoction of the promissory note, and, th e , e f o re, was possessed of information wbich ought to. have restrained him from proceeding with the action. In consequence of that promissory note, he had got a stint at money greater iu amount than what era* lately receivable front the defen dant-. Upon titiS circumstance, and looking also to the situation which ire held in relation to the parties in the cause, llr. Scarlett had a right to animadvert on his conduct.---it was impossible for him to state all the circumstances connected with the promissory note, without adverting' strongly .to the present plaintiff. He. Oki not, therefore, introduce his name and character cessarily. If he had done so, it would have left the plaintiff strictly a right to maintain his action. r't tittt COonset " a fraa4olent an;l wicked. attoruey." Perhaps' . f.hes.e,yrords were.m 1) ,too troug to . he.luatle use of bet ween twin. A k idat!— , ; , z it coucd fitit he said there reason for h a lei ng 'iß ! b orse . to. them; Since the...l . :More of .the ttansactioh cnned, thcol.forth,--and,, iil consecoence, it appeared ... to' . the reamed 3ifilge h the triafi n6lisuic' . shoOld he entered. Il f tt'et he directed a nonSi the Learned J,toi;.;e !fad aii Oposition of the rites'. invcstigirted at ;1 e. trial, and Tiewiog, them, he wasof he plaintitf Could not maim/1111 his action--a sentiment in whi.c'h Lordship perfi•e•tly concurred. Me, Justice. BAYLEY teas o tile. Sarre opinion. Ile.thou;h_t that the tine which had been laid down: by his Lordship e7,temieil !night be "said by . Counsel, if it were. pertinent ro . the matter. at .issue —,and no wisOtief could arise frc►ay allowing the„rt4e to ,be acted on to th-,lt. cx tent. Counsel undoubyedly had a ri t ,iht to cont.-, tuent on•al; the facts of , a case, is'provi!d in cvi (tepee. - . Js) this instanee,"One 'mist be led to sup pose, that, as all the circumstances of tip , former trial had ()centred in the presence of, the Counsel who witnessed the action fordatr!ages, their in formatiOn would be accurate On' the soOect-L . -and the Learned Jorge would be apprised of every' thing that had taken.pleee. Whatever ti•ere the rein facts of the ta,se, veas necessary to take . those facts into Consideration now—hecitise the propriety or impropriety of using the woods coin-. plained,of must:he decided by a reference to the circumstances that were disclosed .at the former (dal, and not on new facts. The original ac don was' brought to recover ,propor tion of_money, which, it appeared, HOdgrn had received in part payment for a ship: be . whole at th e m one y wa s t o be paid to tw o persons, Messrs. Spittar and Cornick, and promissory note was_ given for . that purpose, drawn by Hodgson, who, therefOre, knew that Spittar and Cornick were to 'receive this money. liodgsoo had received on that owe lu4l, which lir paid, 'lotto Spider and Cornick, but to a man :tamed Norris, who was also connected with the transactioo. Perhaps it was a harsh expressiOn to say that this was frandnleotandkuavish—btit cer tainly the facts of the case Which disclosed this ioqn oper Payment %void() warrant it; for liodgSOn must have knoWn to whom this 150,1, ooglit iohave been paid. Admitting that this was . a harsh ex pression,. still the Learned jtid - ge thOnght, that tinder the circumstances, it was on more than the privilege of the Cohnsel justified him in stating,at the time.. ; ,The expression did not abide to:at,ts (tile by ,Hodksot: in other cases, btu evidently attached to hi's conduct in consettuence of :ch.- .cumstances that were disclosed ita the course Of that particular investigation. The facts a'p'pear in;,, as they did in evidence, the ilieartied Connsel was justified in stating whet he did, althougli militated egains,t 'the character and cololuet . of Hodgson, as tPie:i:were connected 'this cause. be ;node of giving a character to a ' sun vant, had be same litnitat,ion. The auSwer Willahe'per tieeet the 'clkiet ion asked. lf an imputation mete hro ont i irrOev . of the tyle:;tiol of character,,Aere the party would not be warr,int ed but otherwise, the Pf , tttli.f.ti 'Jodie vi a ; of opiLiiim an itittivida4 Wc.!,11,1, be jittifi , ?d, if be eotifined. himself, sttictly to eie, , ,,,er the tin( s! lop tientalitied Of,tiim, in statiog inatt ers hunt ii to the : character.of pie person who •made the refer ence, provided they were fttei. Mr. Justice ila - Boaer sioil, I.todt.eson was not only the Attorney in the former . ttial, but was also cognizant of the; fact. pt a prOMissory note ha% ingbeen drawn, ~reo. , which he' st,.!m of tnoitcy was • paid into his It psis, ,Which . he handed ((P (me for whom .it W . HS, not int ' thetear ed Judge , before whom the late action was tried, looking to the circuntslanee, conceived that • the words t.poken by Mr. St,.a4et_L 1 . ,:t we r e ,u.itl, pertinent. nod relative to , the s,i that bring the (rise., held that the action could not he tu;tint iued—an Opinion which, apPear ed to him to he correct. •It was Saitt,. that that. Learned Judge took the observations of COtetr sel in a larger and more c‘inpreheiiiiie Sense that) he , onght to have done. It could not, how ever, be denied, that he .knew perfectly well what pased tine. first arid' was, there ore, per fectly capable of deciding whether they'were really pertinent (Pl' 110 i. Hodgson ,haring been cogni zaot of certain, facts connected with the first : cerise, .to which lie ought pot, particularly as he ": , k 411 attorney employed by one of the parties;to have been at all pvivy, his conduct indirect! the L earne d c oons . e l to speak of ,hirri with some sever tits---and, the expressions haVitig beeni4ed the discharge ot his duty, (hiring a jUdicial investiga tion, anact ion could not . he sustained on,them, ks.s it could .be shewn that, the bearned:Coiinsel, in ,aping the obnnxions vi)yds, meant to give vent to 59 1. 11 t PeM):l4l,tuallce„ which he entertained ogal.rtst. Mr. 11odgson, at, the motoeta,. It was int. poFsible. that justice could beproperlyathuititster ,ed- 7 .it, was _impossible, that judicial hosittessould he cat ried OH as it ought to Counsel were .Ij 4 ble to be called on to answer for the too . great e.,treng,th of any expr e s s ion they might use, ` such expression, behig relevant and pertinent to the toittt crim dispute. This ,being his opinion, he eonceived tliat:there ‘yas no ground for' sending the ease again before a Jury. Mr. Justice HoLaov a concurred in the opinions of his I,earned,,,4ret,hren. Evidence " had beeit given, o n which the er . ords spoken by Mr, Scarlet% were founded--511(1, therefore, he would not send the case back for further itivestigatiOn. Tile ex pression was a mere comment or ohierration on the facts disclosed in evideuce,, and was offered to the Jury in order to bring over their mittds . to view the Case in, a particular light.. lie agreed perfectly in the doctrine laid down ,by.the Learned Baron be fore whom the act ion was tried--Paruely, r Ii at words were not actionabletiolesi spoken wit It a maticiotp, iiitentipp—and here they were tittered, Writ wiilt that Inulictiotr fexiiiig, but with teletc,nc6 to facts' ad-hiccti io evi:lcuce. apprelieti4ett That Coorst sal were placed lit the same situation in which the parties employiog theut would stand, if they:eal... , ried. on their causes theme& yes. tourist:l hail a r io t _to go as, far as the pat tiest hernseives would proceed,--hut, of course, their superior knowledge would teach ,theta, to restrain ,their observations more than thoDe not used .to act profeSslonally would be inclined to do. Now; jt. 'was -rifit that eitste'S, •t'ebere ji . / 1 ;!'" ' Wert) that parties theinseaves ind%;-,14: Ur or stafliialoo rilatfrr . not Ilitbk t" hir> an action, far- &MAO'. in Ist ,fi r ri' 7. Ste. 8. it w:ls I.IXI (tow)), " th , “ scandalous nutter, eitilitained in •a to. 4r ; .;iantetit; • or i:itrodrced i!! !fie reguiar courie '' jud?ciaritroeeedin . g, lie eisitcd by scout''' because it is kit to Pa! liainent and to the, eicamine inti thekruth air allegations.'' In ItOW's 87-4PldeituLi 4, it was liC j that an action on the .CkliSd, rlitl Itot lie, under o}. "' follow ing circenistAnceS : In a judicial .proece'' l , tug A. was caber} out to'itiae an aliidarit—attd sA of It was h e would c!'?" by 40 witnesses. It wa.s adjudged by the Cowl, tip this case, on a motion of judgment, d'" though these words — Wete all.e t 'zetl to have bee? uttered maticioesik, art as they . Were given in 6 0 " sw e cto' a (;,trr o f . 0 jadi r cial . proeeeding, in w 1,1 ' .41 B. was implicated,, anti, as be said be would pl . "! the truth of his statement by.torty witnesses, that' therefore, !here was trot a sufficient ground action:' In Ist Sthtn[hrs - , p. 132', it laid doiroi. (4.11 the preseniing a Petition to . Parliament 1 , 1, 9 lawful; although the Matter was false and oils, because it was laid before those Who colt' examine Whether - allegations were snit ° not. d'ou'bt' he're was, whether !li e printing the Periticu; and handing it . to 11 ' ° individual Members of a COMMit tee, %VAS 01 " 4 : not ittS t titlJtiliT?—and it was ultiinaieF T h e ld t h at it Was so: In . conclwion, the LeErned Jdag e observed, that unless exike'ss iii ice criold proved tigait . ist the detendantunfess rt apt - or e ' that the words used Were not pertinent and rF e lr vant, but were introduced for tirposes foretgY to the _justice of (tie case-then the Pell brou,Llsr by the pfainiitr is as not ttiaiutairirabi Mule discharged. NIUSICAL MADNESS, GUILD qALL. - Yesterday as Sir W. LE-icfr7 l4 yeas going t . lirongli the ronrirye of Ini;iness, a de' cent looking man _pressed foiward and request P " perntissiOO to address the Alikrnian. " What is your business ?I' said the officer. ' Stranger (thawing his had acres his eves% - —" A previous tear arid Pil The ,))fe e t of my applicalipti is to request „ that you ,••• ii% melliately issue a special warrat4 or soin , °' aglin'st. the Le(iilature of this Co aril" c, before you to answer, such matters 'and 03ings to' I, Joseph Allond, shall exhibit - agaifist the bers-thcreof." 19E. Paine.—" I suppose you wish the Lu is ititure to pro - vide 'for you ?" Mr. Alland.--;•" 'Exactly so. It is their ft° •41en.doty to provide for.-:euzry British subject WI); is cl ,,distre•,•sel and o I happen t o b e n-e . 4th!! vverdiv 'ntlen4an it; the Clai r exert Iris `atit'llority to proettre fir :c tny - :wrortg.s.'"' . • Sir W. TiPtctrrotir,— ) " I should liite to b-e forth'er the I/0 6re k A l)il object • 'Your application before - I proceed 'r '' Mr. Allard.---" I have, rime the -State 50/9'e service, and they know it ; b-itt cav inerirori"“ s acts are likely T . () iiry tihrets;e•rded,,n;:icsl vc.o mettiately instittite proceedrrgs fertins't ;0 " r " e t '`' rypt Lord 3 tl.l?d Sir W. L'eleirrb•-N;;----.' Wtr%cp',4ti-61-tar 'have you rendered' the'Conntiv,•thiatTveiti enositr" r -yourself . entitled to reward and protection r' 1 . 1.11 Sir ;1 1. - 1 ; . ;) l A t v i 4 ~ ttr n i ( E r i better apply in. another. quarter!' -Mr. Alland —" And is there then no retneill'; Nro for. 'ingratittide, that lottf:st- Ems r'r - Mr. Paine.—" There is litre ; : t.leis is: the wrong place,!' s Mr. then I an mistioLeP• am no lawyer ; hilt in proof' ofintiv6i7‘ol rctil give yot. a stave yon like it r 'Sir W. LEIGHTOI4:---" I cirbrii;4 C . ' that "vi•ay might lre turned Cu betterrixatount cl,se tvls:ele." Mr. Alland.—°" Aye,, there's the rub !' T he . ry-thiog I eott , plibleti of is the want of at.( o ''' don etiinccil by our i ulei s t the 'iliciit% RllbjeCt. you I Call badln other a short time Vince of an eng4gt2neo l at the Opera House, as a, salary of 500/. per a llo,; but I r.jected astiaio - as "au iustdt tt?..lld; Mr. 'Paille.—" The Magistrate cannot ,04 4 • yolt." Arr. Allaml.—" What am I" tci:ll - U bath eke; i•att to soothe,'" but not to - arrest it' ° hand ot _Rover( y.'' He then bowed' and withdrew, siptzity.,,w l , ll3 ., much taste atid'executio-tt, tb.e first. stalfzia of al 3c4 NIL the A dreadful accident Occurred at :Silaiding 01) Monday last.—As Mrs. Ja-ksori, a woman at, ti c advanced age of 84, .was sitting by the fire, her clothes iintorconately, by oceans of to spark,.‘ver c so 6 r i • enveloped •in flames, - whereby: she was s° terribly scorched, as to Cause her dtath in r.. fell hors; and, .what adds to this shocking accident, Ihe poor sufferer was derived of Brit - ruz. , . On the Tali Instant, at Ititushury, Wiltshire, the lady of John Ilutkr, Esq. of DI F.D. On Saturday, the 17th in'atant, Robert Hudson, Esq. Tadwortit-court. Smiley, aged Ga. At the . I ..raty 1)1 , 6t !'„oltelts, Isle of Wight, of a few hoiri (;?iptain ot to Battalion gall Itvgiment. 'On Wedoe•vlay, tiie ilst about 10 o'clock in -tlid evening, in is fia )f apoplexy, Mr. Giles If:Armen, of Chan' V. ! !! y-!atte, agt-.! 57. On'the T;th ult. in the 58111 year or his age, on , hi 4 viiya:r 4 fr o m Nkafiras to this courttry, in the .ship Bnyne, M..jur-Ge neral Aftßivt:l4 Taylor, 0r Cie HetfOurable East lUditt 'Ccittl' paoy's Serv:ce. Ott the 2i i Norember last, at Tortola l in the f;Eth year a .his age. the Hon. limes Rubel tson, his Majesty'.s Chief ,10 ° tier of the Virgin Liands. LONDON: Printed by 1. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. 29, e at Oymomi-street, Queen-squar; awl ptiOlislivi by W. A• SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Moiton-street, at Tffr. 1 4 t' 14 Office, N0..112., Strand ; ribcre,Atlysntisenietts, ,Ordurst Letters, "&c. (post-paid) lutist in, addressed. r